Air pollutants have almost disappeared in Kherson region

It has become known how many enterprises in the Kherson region have official permits to emit pollutants into the atmosphere.

According to a study by YouControl, only one such facility is recorded in the Kherson region in open data.

In total, there are 995 companies, 34 individual entrepreneurs, and 1765 facilities in Ukraine that have the appropriate emission permits.

The largest number of such facilities was recorded in Vinnytsia region - 248. This is followed by Lviv region - 224, Kyiv region - 203, and Cherkasy region - 193. In Kyiv alone, there were 130 facilities with emission permits.

For comparison, there are 40 such facilities in Odesa region, which is significantly more than in Kherson region, and 39 in Mykolaiv region, which is also significantly higher. At the same time, the smallest number of facilities in Ukraine was recorded in Kherson and Donetsk regions - one and two, respectively.

Analysts attribute this situation to the consequences of a full-scale war. Some companies in the south and east of Ukraine have stopped working, relocated production, or cannot update their permits due to the fighting and occupation of the territories.

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The study notes that most facilities with emission permits operate in agriculture - almost 28% of all. These include poultry farms, pig farms, elevators, and farms. This is followed by real estate developers and food processing companies.

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Analysts emphasize that the problem of environmental control in Ukraine goes far beyond environmental protection. It is also about public safety, data transparency, and the state's ability to control industrial pollution, especially in times of war.

Earlier, Intent wrote that the environmental losses of the nature reserve fund of the Kherson region as a result of hostilities have already exceeded UAH 225 billion.

Also, environmentalists reported that a unique forest of young willow trees was formed at the bottom of the former Kakhovka reservoir, which covers more than 65 thousand hectares. The tallest trees have already reached a height of five meters, demonstrating a record growth rate due to rich black soil and favorable climatic conditions.

On the night of June 6, Russians blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. At least 34 people were killed and 28 others were injured. Almost 40 people are missing. People and pets have been evacuated from 3 flooded areas.

Int'l correspondent Albina Karman reported on the evacuation of people from the flooded areas.

Андрій Колісніченко